Surgical appliance.



'C. E. JOHNSON.

SURGICAL APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1914.

Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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s'oRGIoAL APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 11, 1 916.

Application filed June a, 1914. Serial No. 843,755.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

' Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. JOHNSON, a citizen of' the United States of America, and resident of Fond du Lac, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful 11nprovements in Surgical Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class known as surgical appliances and particularly to the classthereunder relating to the catching of deposits from human organism; particularly to devices forcatching and temporarily containing liquid discharges.

' The present invention is designed for use of persons afliicted with incontinence and the invention has for its object to provide a container or holder of such discharges which will withstand the-deleterious acids or chemical properties of such deposits,

Furthermore, an object of this invention is to provide novel means within the container which will prevent splashing or pronounced movement of the liquid in thecontaine'r; the invention furthermore contemplating the provision of novel means, for

preventing liquid from accidentally leaizing the receptacle through the inlet orifice.' v A further'object of the invention is. to

provide novel means for catching or collecting the discharges and directing them to the container, the collectors for male and female being of the same general principle but dif' fering in details of construction.

Heretofore', devices intended for like use have been made of rubber or compositions of matter which quickly deteriorate or disintegrate, but the'subject of the present inerence will be had to the accompanying" drawings forming part of this specification, wherein like'characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation showing the invention as used; Fig. 2 illustrates an enlargeddetail view of a container .or receptacle broken away to show the in ternal construction; Fig. 3 illustrates a perspective view of a collector embodying one form of the invention; Fig. 4 illustrates a collector of slightly modified construction; Fig. 5 illustrates a sectional view on the line' 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 illustrates a fragment of the interior of the container; Fig. 7 illustrates a sectional view of the joint between the nipple and the container; Fig. 8 illustrates a vertical sectional view of a fragment of the container.

In these drawings 8 denotes a belt or band consisting of a sling for supporting the device.

9 denotes a collector of one form having ing to the containers or. receptacles l2 and 13 respectively. In the case of females, a collector of slightly different configuration may be employed, the same consisting of the elongated body 14 open at the top and pro vided with two nipples 15 and 16 adapted .for connection to a container.

The containers 12 and 13 are suspended from the wearer in any appropriate manner as by straps 18 fastened by hooks and. eyes 19 and ,the receptacles are further fas tened to a wearerby leg-encircling straps 20 having their ends connected to loops or. eyes 21 at the edges of the containers.

The .collectorsha've tabs 22 for the attachmentof suspending means of any appropriate type the. belt or yoke 8.

In Fig. 2 is illustrated a modified form of collector of the singletyp'e delivering into a receptacle 13 and in this form the collector 23 has loops 24 bywhich it is attached to a The nipples of the different collectorshave connection with flanges 24 3011 the containers and a flexible tube 24 leads from the interior of each collector to the interior of a container, the said tube being .of such flexibility as to yield to the pressure of liquid so that it collapses and operates as a valve to prevent flow of liquid from within Ito ple 29 with a threaded cap 30 to be removed when draining the receptacle.

As shown in the drawing, the receptacle is of concaved configuration 'to better adapt it to the contour of the part of the anatomy to which it is applicable.

It is preferable that the receptacle be atapered from the top to the bottom thereof to conform approximately to the contour of the wearer.

It will be apparent from the disclosure herein that the receptacles are adapted to be worn singly or in pairs and that when worn singly, the container is attached to the inner and upper portion of the right or left thigh, the said single container encircling about one half the thigh and when used on one leg, only, it employs but one collector and nipple for directing the fluid to the container. Difi'erent forms of collectors are shown in which one or two nipples are employed and if'a collector ,With two nipples is used witha single container, one of the nipples will, of

course be closed, or left off, as in the single,

form-but when containers are used on both thighs at the same time, both nipples are rempiea of this patent may he obtained for quired to reach each'container from the collector and conduct fluid to either or both containers at the same time, it being understood that the nipples are preferably 'provided with valves.

1 claim A device relating to surgery comprising a receptacle curved to conform to the leg of the wearer, means for securing the receptacle to the body of the wearer, vertical partitions'in the receptacle, and horizontal partitions between the vertical partitions, the horizontal partitions being arranged in stepped relation with each other to form cOm artments, each of the partitions having a cut out portion adjacent the point of their engagement with each other to provide communication between the compartments,

and means for directing the fluid to the receptacle.

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